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Volume 99, Issue 7 , Pages 906-910 , 1 April 2007

Impact of Body Mass Index on Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

Laxmi Mehta, MD
- Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
- Corresponding author: Tel: 248-898-7112; fax: 248-898-4199.
William Devlin, MD
- Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
- Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
- Division of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
William W. O’Neill, MD
- Division of Cardiology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Kimberly A. Skelding, MD
- Division of Cardiology, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA
Gregg W. Stone, MD
- Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York, USA.
Judith A. Boura, MS
- Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Cindy L. Grines, MD
- Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

Received 10 April 2006 ,Revised 6 November 2006 ,Accepted 6 November 2006.

Six-month (A) and 12-month (B) outcomes. A major adverse cardiac event (MACE) was defined as the combined end points of death, reinfarction, and ischemic target vessel revascularization (TVR).

Six-month (A) and 12-month (B) outcomes. A major adverse cardiac event (MACE) was defined as the combined end points of death, reinfarction, and ischemic target vessel revascularization (TVR).
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Kaplan-Meier curves demonstrating death-free survival at 12 months.

Kaplan-Meier curves demonstrating death-free survival at 12 months.
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